Total Crime Rate

182.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 182.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 114.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.7 8/10
  • Public order 18.6 9/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Harwood Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 107th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Harwood Street (B70 9JD) in the last 12 months was 182.7 per 1,000 residents and was 61.6% higher than the Greets Green and Lyng average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 136.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harwood Street (B70 9JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cordley Street, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chapman Way (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Harwood Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Acorn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beresford Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wesley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Railway Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambert End Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Railway Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Railway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambert End Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Wheatley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wheatley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cordley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cordley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turner Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turner Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Turner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Turner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wesley Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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